| Brunia | |
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| The leaves and the knobby inflorescences of Brunia sp. (family Bruniaceae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Bruniaceae |
| Genus: | Brunia Lam. |
Brunia is a genus of shrubs of the family Bruniaceae, native to the cape region of South Africa. [1]
The genus was described by Carl Linnaeus and published in Species Plantarum 1: 199 in the year 1753. The type species is Brunia paleacea P.J.Bergius, Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 56. (1767)
The name Brunia is thought to have been derived from the apothecary, Dr Cornelis Brun, who travelled in Russia and the Levant, although it could also be in commemoration of Dr Alexander Brown, a ship's surgeon and a collector who worked in the East Indies around 1690. [2] [3]
As accepted by Plants of the World Online; [4]
The genus is accepted by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they only accept Brunia albiflora, Brunia lanuginosa,Brunia nodiflora, Brunia noduliflora, Brunia paleacea and Brunia stokoei. [5] Kew accepts the above species except Brunia nodiflora. [4]
Agathosma is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to the southern part of Africa. Common names include buchu, boegoe, bucco, bookoo and diosma. Buchu formally denotes two herbal species, prized for their fragrance and medicinal use despite their toxicity. In colloquial use however, the term is applied to a wider set of fragrant shrubs or substitutes.
Heliophila is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Members of this genus are either annuals or perennials and some are popular as ornamental plants. Endemic to southern Africa, the majority of the approximately 80 species grow in South Africa, particularly the Cape Floristic Region, while a few extend into the Namib Desert.
Phylica is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the fynbos. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands including Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Île Amsterdam, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Gough Island. The oldest fossils of the genus are of Phylica piloburmensis from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to around 99 million years ago during the mid-Cretaceous.
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